In comes a plain-speaking promise that Win Me makes computing simpler and more fun.

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Now Alan Mulally, Ford's plain-speaking new chief executive, has set out to fix this.

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Shortly afterwards Karolos Papoulias, the plain-speaking Greek president, told Mrs Merkel the Greeks could not endure much more austerity.

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Yet their plain-speaking and promises to care for the elderly, reduce taxes and preserve indigenous traditions strike a chord with many.

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You could argue that what has been described as gaffes is in fact plain-speaking that fit well with his general narrative of taking a tougher line than Obama.

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And it is no more plain-speaking, for on fuel with one breath it claims the tax must be high on environmental grounds and with another it justifies it because of spending on health and schools.

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Mr Mujica is known for his informal and plain-speaking style, and has said that he models himself on former Brazilian president Lula Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, a left-leaning former trade unionist known for a centrist approach.

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All the virtues that the Plaid leader played up during her election have been in evidence since - approachability, plain speaking, a non-metropolitan, unspun approach to politics, even a refreshing (some might say) aversion to overt political strategising.

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